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After exciting and successful years in our working group, it is now time for you Artur to embark on a new adventure. Your time with us has been invaluable, and we’re grateful for the contributions you’ve made to the team. Although we’re sad to see you go, we’re also excited to see what the future holds for you. We wish you all the best for the next chapter. Thank you for being an amazing coworker, and we hope to keep in touch.

During the 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society 2025, Zoe Jäckel impressed the audience with her talk “Prefrontal orchestration: a cortical network for rodent motor inhibition”. Zoe provided fascinating insights into how different subsections of the PFC work together to regulate motor inhibition in rodents. Claudia Böhm, M. Victoria Puig, Paul G. Anastasiades and Peter J. Uhlhaas deepened with their presentations the understanding of the functions of the prefrontal cortex, highlighting its central role in cognitive processes.

At the interactive event on March 13, 2025, around 250 participants embarked on a unique journey into the workings of internal world models and experienced how our environment shapes our perception in real time.

Zoe successfully defended her doctoral thesis on March 5th, a reflection of her dedication and passion. We’re grateful for her collaborative spirit and enthusiasm. We’re thrilled she’ll continue to be part of our team!

Eliza Vylekzhanina has been awarded one of the 20 GNS Travel Grants, valued at €300, to support her attendance at the Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society.

Dear Brice, it was a pleasure working with you. Thank you for your time and dedication while you worked in our team. All the best for your next step.
“Brice, Brice, au revoir”

Clownfish can apparently count – this is the conclusion drawn by Japanese researchers from an experiment they conducted on the territorial behavior of the animals. Is this really true? “The researchers are jumping to conclusions,” says Prof. Dr. Ilka Diester.

Joschka Boedecker, Ilka Diester and Monika Schoenauer about internal world models in people, animals and AI

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Optophysiology and Robot Learning Lab.

The BrainWorlds Freiburg-Oxford Workshop on November 8-9th, 2023 – an event of great scientific value for the BrainWorlds Research initiative and the partnership between Freiburg and Oxford Universities.